He added Conti is not stiff through his back, as can be the case with some former racers.

“It is very different jumping a single fence at speed to combinations — they have to use their body in a very different way and that is what a lot of ex-racehorses find difficult,” said Daniele.

“[Conti] finds it very easy. For a horse that has been so successful, as he has been, running a lot and doing very well, it is great to see how easily he was jumping these combinations across country.”